CRTC specialty channel digest: Everyone wants a break from CanCon
Some CRTC hearings currently open for public comment: Videotron wants France 24 Videotron has made a request to add France 24, the European country’s answer to CNN, BBC World and Al Jazeera, to its...
View Article“It’s like the State of the Union”
Looking for something to watch on TV tonight? Here’s some suggestions: CTV: NFL Football. New England Patriots vs. New York Giants RDS: NFL Football. New England Patriots vs. New York Giants TSN: NFL...
View ArticleCTV, Global want to be like TQS
Hey, remember back when the CRTC let TQS get away with having virtually no local programming because it was strapped for cash? Well now that a recession is on the horizon, the big guns – CTV and Global...
View ArticleCRTC Roundup: No Super Bowl loopholes this year
For the latest on Super Bowl ads on Canadian cable and satellite, click here. Note: This post has been corrected. I originally confused the two rulings for satellite companies as being the same. In...
View ArticleCTV ruins Super Bowl ad fun
This blog post is from 2009. For the latest details, click here. It’s Super Bowl Sunday, and for those of you who have no idea which NFL teams are playing in the big game, you’ll probably want to avoid...
View ArticleThe horrors of simultaneous substitution
An anonymous commenter pointed me to this video posted on YouTube last fall showing all the problems that happen when an NFL football game is substituted by cable companies: Bad audio quality in HD Bad...
View ArticleCFCF sets up HD transmitter to close Super Bowl ad loophole
For the latest on Super Bowl ads on Canadian cable and satellite, click here. For the past few years, a loophole in the CRTC’s simultaneous substitution rules has allowed Videotron HD subscribers to...
View ArticleMontrealers still screwed for Super Bowl XLVI ads
For information about the latest Super Bowl, click here. Not much has changed since last year, so I’m sorry to report that Montreal TV viewers will, once again, be largely forced to endure simultaneous...
View ArticleStill no special tricks for watching American Super Bowl ads on cable in...
It’s the one time during the year that people really care. But there’s no change from last year. People who want to watch U.S. Super Bowl commercials on cable or satellite TV in Montreal are out of...
View ArticleCRTC gets testy about simultaneous substitution during Super Bowl
@AmeriCanadian2 It's due to the CRTC rules so no way to watch the Fox feed sorry. ^map — RogersHelps (@RogersHelps) January 20, 2014 It started with a simple to-the-point reply from a Rogers Twitter...
View ArticleCRTC says Canadians will get to watch U.S. Super Bowl ads as of 2017
It’s a decision that surprises me somewhat, though it’s consistent with the more populist pro-consumer approach taken by chairman Jean-Pierre Blais: simultaneous substitution, the rule that allows...
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